> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/relay/v0.9.4/build-plugins/fundamentals/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/relay/_mcp/server.

# Plugin Fundamentals

## Docs

- [Plugin Shape](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/relay/v0.9.4/build-plugins/fundamentals/plugin-shape.md): Understand plugin identity, lifecycle, ownership, rollback, and teardown.
- [Configuration and Validation](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/relay/v0.9.4/build-plugins/fundamentals/configuration-and-validation.md): Design portable plugin configuration and actionable validation diagnostics.
- [PluginContext](https://docs.nvidia.com/nemo/relay/v0.9.4/build-plugins/fundamentals/plugin-context.md): Use every safe plugin registration surface and preserve Relay execution semantics.